Juliette Kayyem joins Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss the federal takeover of the D.C. police department and ...

The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation’s Technology and Democracy workstream is focused on developing democracy-supportive technology policies, harnessing the opportunities for emerging technologies ...

Tatiana Olmedo Escobar is a Colombian lawyer and public policy specialist. She has advised the Vice-Presidency of Colombia on global strategies for biodiversity and racial justice, playing a key role ...

Additional Resource Nov 20, 2024 Watching the Generative AI Hype Bubble Deflate As a part of the Allen Lab’s Political Economy of AI Essay Collection, David Gray Widder and Mar Hicks draw on the ...

Governments throughout history have used detention as a tool to silence dissent, isolate marginalized groups, and punish with impunity – often targeting people based on race, status, or supposed ...

Commentary May 7, 2024 Campus Protests and Police Force: An Ethical Framework In a new essay, Archon Fung looks at this current wave of campus protests and asks if civil disobedience is permissible, ...

Commentary Apr 8, 2025 Weaponized AI: A New Era of Threats and How We Can Counter It Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Fellow Dr. Shlomit Wagman lays out a framework to address the threats artificial ...

Cambridge, MA – A team of Harvard Project researchers today released the preliminary results of its study of the impact of the COVID‐19 crisis on the economies and governments of the country’s 574 ...

From misinformation to AI panic, experts joined the Allen Lab’s GETTING-Plurality event to discuss the threats the burgeoning technology poses to democracy.

Commentary May 14, 2025 The Voter Experience Despite these unprecedented investments in mobilizing voters, overall trust in electoral health, democratic institutions, voter satisfaction, and electoral ...

Feature Aug 6, 2024 Political Violence in America: Causes, Consequences, and Countermeasures In the wake of this most recent incident, the Ash Center convened a panel of experts to discuss Americans’ ...